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Wars and Treaties

Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of (2 May 1668)
Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of (18 October 1748
Alessandria, convention of, 15 June 1800
Amiens, Peace of; 27th March 1802
Andalusia, French invasion of, January-February 1810
Ardennes, battle of the, 20-25 August 1914
Astorga, siege of, 21 March-22 April 1810
Austrian Succession, War of the (1740-18 October 1748
Basel, Treaty of; 16th May 1795
Campo Fornio, Treaty of, 17th October 1797
Chaumont, Treaty of ; 9th March 1814
Cintra, Convention of 22nd August 1808
Compiegne, treaty of, 10 June 1624
Crimean War, 1853-1856
Crusade, First, 1096-1099
Crusade, Second, 1147-1149
Crusade, Third, 1189-1192
Crusade, Seventh, 1248-1254
Crusade, Eighth, 1270
Devolution, War of (1667-68)
Egypt, French invasion of, 1798-1802
Estremadura, Marshal Victor's invasion of, March 1809
Estremadura, Marshal Soult's invasion of, January-March 1811
Estremadura, Beresford’s campaign in, March-May 1811
First Coalition, War of the (1793-97)
First World War, 1914-1918
Florence, treaty of, 28 March 1801
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
Fuentos de Oñoro, campaign of, April-May 1811
Heilbronn, League of (1633-5)
Hundred Days, 18 July-11 November 1918
Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
King George's War (1744-18 October 1748) (America)
Kloster-Zeven, Convention of, 8 September 1757
Leoban, Peace of; 18th April 1797
Lunéville, peace of, 9 February 1801
Medellin Campaign , March 1809
Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815)
Norway, German invasion of, 9 April-9 June 1940
Paris, Treaty of, 10 February 1763
Paris, Treaty of, 30 March 1356
Peninsular War (1807-14)
Peninsular War, First French Army of Spain, Spring-Summer 1808
Polish Succession, War of the, 1733-38
Portugal, Junot’s invasion of, November 1807
Portugal, Marshal Soult’s Invasion of, 1809
Portugal, Wellesley’s Campaign in, 22 April-19 May 1809
Portugal, Masséna’s invasion of, September 1810-March 1811
Race to the Sea of September-October 1914
Scanian War, 1675-79
Schonbrunn, treaty of; 14th October 1809
Second World War (1939-1945)
Seven Years War (1754-1763)
Spain, French invasion of, February-May 1808
Steyer, armistice of, 25 December 1800
Talavera Campaign, June-August 1809
Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Valencay, Treaty of ; 11th December 1813
Valencia, French invasion of, September 1811-January 1812
Westphalia, Peace of, 24 October 1648
Znaim, Armistice of; 12th July 1809

Battles

Aboukir, First battle of, 25 July 1799
Aerial, the evacuation from north western France, 15-25 June 2008
Agincourt, battle of, 1415
Aisne, First Battle of the, 13-28 September 1914
Aisne, Second Battle of the, 16 April-15 May 1917
Aisne, Third Battle of the, 27 May-3 June 1918
Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July-6 August 1918
Alagon, battle of, 14 June 1808
Alba de Tormes, battle of, 28 November 1809
Albergaria Nova, combat of, 10 May 1809
Albert, battle of, 25-29 September 1914
Albert, battle of, 1-13 July 1916
Albuera, battle of, 16 May 1811
Albuera, battle of, 16 May 1811: Armies
Alcala la Real, combat of, 28 January 1810
Alcañiz, combat of, 26 January 1809
Alcañiz, battle of, 23 May 1809
Alcantara, combat of, 14 May 1809
Alcoentre, skirmish at, 8 October 1810
Alcolea, battle of, 7 June 1808
Aldaya, combat of, 26 December 1811
Aldea da Ponte, combat of, 27 September 1811
Alemquer, combat of, 9 June 1810
Alesia 52 BC
Alma, battle of the 20 September 1854 (Crimea)
Almazan, combat of, 10 July 1810
Almeida, siege of, 25 July-27 August 1810
Almeida, siege of, 7 April-10 May 1811
Almonacid, battle of, 11 August 1809
Alva River, passage of, 17-18 March 1811
Amarante, defence of, 7 April-2 May 1809
Amiens, battle of, 8 August-3 September 1918
Ancre, battle of the, 13-19 November 1916
Ancre Heights, battle of the of 1 October-11 November 1916
Araçena, combat of, 26 May 1810
Aranjuez, combat of, 5 August 1809
Armentières, battle of, 13 October-2 November 1914
Arras, second battle of, 9 April-17 May 1917
Artois, first battle of, 27 September-10 October 1914
Artois, second battle of, 9 May-18 June 1915
Arzobispo, combat of, 8 August 1809
Astorga, combat of, 9 October 1809
Avé, Soult's passage of, 25-26 March 1809
Badajoz, French siege of, 27 January-10 March 1811
Badajoz, first British siege of, 6-12 May 1811
Badajoz, second British siege of, 18 May-17 June 1811
Balaclava, Battle of, 25 October 1854
Bapaume, second battle of, 21 August-1 September 1918
Barba del Puerco, skirmish of, 19-20 March 1810
Barcelona, French capture of, 29 February 1808
Barcelona, siege of, 1 August-17 December 1808
Barquilla, combat of, 10 July 1810
Barrosa, battle of, 5 March 1811
Baza, combat of, 4 November 1810
Belchite, rout of, 18 June 1809
Berrocal, combat of 20 March 1809
Betanzos, Stragglers battle at, 10 January 1809
Bauge, 21 March 1421 (France)
Baylen, battle of, 19 July 1808
Bazentine Ridge, battle of, 14 July-17 July 1916
Belleau Wood, battle of, 6-26 June 1918
Benaguacil, combat of, 2 October 1811
Benavente, battle of, 29 December 1808
Bornos, combat of, 5 November 1811
Boulogne, battle of, 22-25 May 1940
Bouvines, battle of, 27 July 1214
Braga, battle of, 20 March 1809
Bussaco, battle of, 27 September 1810
Cabezon, battle of, 12 June 1808
Cabriels, action at the River, 21 June 1808
Cabrillas Defile, action at the, 24 June 1808
Cacabellos defile, action at the, 3 January 1809
Cadiz, French siege of, 1810-24 August 1812
Calais, siege of, 4 September 1346-4 August 1347
Calais, siege of, 23-26 May 1940
Calatayud, siege of, 26 September-4 October 1811
Cambrai, battle of, 20 November- 7 December 1917
Cambrai-St. Quentin, battle of, 27 September-9 October 1918
Campo Mayor, combat of, 25 March 1811
Campo Mayor, siege of, 14-21 March 1811
Cantigny, battle of, 28 May 1918
Cardadeu, battle of 16 December 1808
Carpio, combat of, 25 September 1811
Casa de Salinas, combat of, 27 July 1809
Casal Novo, combat of, 14 March 1811
Castillejos, combat of, 25 January 1809
Castillon, battle of, 1453
Champagne, Second Battle of, 25 September-6 November 1915
Champagne-Marne Offensive, 15-18 July 1918
Charge of the Light Brigade (25 October 1854)
Château Thierry, battle of, 1-4 June 1918
Chaves, combat of, 10-11 March 1809
Chaves, siege of, 20-25 March 1809
Ciudad Real, battle of, 26 March 1809
Ciudad Rodrigo, siege of, 5 June-10 July 1810
Ciudad Rodrigo, siege of, 8-19 January 1812
Coa, combat of the, 24 July 1810
Constantino, skirmish 5 January 1809
Cordova, sack of, 7 June 1808
Corunna, battle of, 16 January 1809
Crecy, battle of, 1346
Crefeld, battle of, 23 June 1758 (Germany)
Cycle, Operation, the evacuation from Havre, 10-13 June 1940
Delville Wood, battle of, 15 July-3 September 1916
Dettingen, battle of, 27 June 1743 (Bavaria)
Dieppe, raid on, 19 August 1942, (part one)
Dresden, battle of, 26-27 August 1813
Dunkirk, evacuation from, 27 May-4 June 1940 (Operation Dynamo)
Dupont De L’Etang, General Pierre Antoine, 1765-1840
Dynamo, Operation, the evacuation from Dunkirk, 27 May-4 June 1940
Eggmuhl, battle of , 22 April 1809
El Bodon, combat of, 25 September 1811
Epéhy, battle of, 18-19 September 1918
Epila, action of, 23-24 June 1808
Espinosa de los Monteros, battle of, 10 November 1808
Evora, battle of, 29 July 1808
Fariskur, battle of, 6 April 1250
Festubert, battle of, 15-27 May 1915
Figueras, French capture of, 18 March 1808
Finisterre, Calder's battle off,22 July 1805
Flers-Courcelette, battle of, 15-22 September 1916
Fontenoy, 11 May 1745 (Belgium)
Formigny, battles of, 1450
Fort Frontenac, fall of, 26 August 1758
Foz de Arouce, combat of, 15 March 1811
Fromelles, battle of, 19-20 July 1916
Frontiers of France, battle of, 20-24 August 1914
Fuengirola, siege of, 13-15 October 1810
Fuentes de Oñoro, battle of, 3-5 May 1811
Gallipoli Campaign 1915 - 1916
Gamonel, battle of, 10 November 1808
Gebora River, battle of the, 19 February 1811
Gerona, first siege, 20-21 June 1808
Gerona, second siege, 24 July-16 August 1808
Gerona, third siege, 24 May-11 December 1809
Gheluvelt, battle of, 29-31 October 1914
Ginchy, battle of, 9 September 1916
Grande Couronne of Nancy, battle of the, 25 August-11 September 1914
Granollers, combat of, 21-22 January 1810
Gravelines, battle of, 13 July 1558
Grijon, combat of, 11 May 1809
Grossbeeren, battle of, 23 August 1813
Guillemont, battle of, 3-6 September 1916
Harfleur, siege of, 19 August-22 September 1415
Herrings, battle of the, (France), 1429
Hostalrich, combat of, 7 November 1809
Hostalrich, siege of, 16 January-12 May 1810
Igualada, combat of, 17-18 February 1809
Inkerman, battle of: 5 November 1854
Jaen, combat of, 23 January 1810
Kulm, battle of, 29th/30th August 1813
La Bassée, battle of, 10 October-2 November 1914
Laeffelt, battle of, 2 July 1747
Lagos Bay, 18 August 1759 (Portugal)
Langemarck, battle of, 21-24 October 1914
La Roche Derien, battle of, 27 June 1347 (Brittany)
Le Cateau, battle of, 26 August 1914
Liebertwolkwitz, battle of, 14th October 1813
Leipzig, battle of ('The Battle of Nations'), 16-18 October 1813
Lerida, siege of, 15 April-14 May 1810 
Loos, battle of, 25 September-14 October 1915
Lorraine, battle of, 14 August-7 September 1914
Louisbourg, siege and fall of, 2 June-27 July 1758 (Canada)
Ludendorff Offensives, 21 March-18 July 1918
Lugo, skirmish at, 7 January 1809
Lys, battle of the, 9-29 April 1918
Madrid, siege of, 1-4 December 1808
Mallen, action at, 13 June 1808
Manresa, combat of, 5 April 1810
Mansilla, battle of, 30 December 1808
Mansura, battle of, 8 February 1250 (Egypt)
Margalef, combat of, 23 April 1810
Maria, battle of, 15 June 1809
Marne, first battle of the, 5-10 September 1914 (France)
Marne, second battle of the, 15 July to 17 July or 5 August 1918
Mataro, storm of, of 17 June 1808
Maubeuge, siege of, 25 August-7 September 1914
Mauron, 14 August 1352, battle of (Brittany)
Medellin, battle of, 28 March 1809
Medina del Rio Seco, battle of, 14 July 1808
Menin Road Ridge, Battle of the, 20-25 September 1917
Mequinenza, siege of, 15 May-18 June 1810
Mergentheim, battle of, 2 May 1645
Messines, battle of, 12 October-2 November 1914
Meuse River-Argonne Forest Offensive, 26 September-11 November 1918
Meza de Ibor, combat of, 17 March 1809
Miajadas, combat of 21 March 1809
Misarella, Soult’s passage of the, 17 May 1809
Mislata, combat of, 26 December 1811
Minden, battle of, 1 August 1759 (Germany)
Molina, siege of, 26 September-27 October 1811
Molins del Rey, battle of, 21 December 1808
Monongahela, battle of the, 9 July 1755 (America)
Mons, battle of, 23 August 1914
Mora, combat of, 18 February 1809
Morval, battle of, 25-28 September 1916
Mulhouse, battle of, 7-9 August 1914
Navas de Membrillo, combat of, 29 December 1811
Neuve-Chapelle, battle of, 10-13 March 1915
Nicopolis, battle of, 25 September 1396 (Bulgaria)
Nile, battle of the, 1 August 1798
Nordlingen, (2), 3 August 1645
Noyon-Montdidier, battle of, 9-13 June 1918
Ocaña, battle of, 11 November 1809
Ocaña, combat of, 11 November 1809
Oitabén River, combat of the, 7-8 June 1809
Olivenza, siege of, 11-22 January 1811
Olivenza, siege of, 9 April-15 April 1811
Oporto, battle of, 29 March 1809
Oporto, battle of, 12 May 1809
Orleans, siege of, September 1428 to May 1429
Oropesa, siege of, 19 September-11 October 1811
Oudenaarde, battle of, 11 July 1708 (Belgium)
Ourcq River, battle of the, 5-9 September 1914
Pamplona, French capture of, 16 February 1808
Patay, 18 June 1429
Penang Raid, 28 October 1914
Peso de Regoa, combat of, 10 May 1809
Picardy, first battle of, 22-26 September 1914
Plains of Abraham, battle of, 13 September 1759 (Canada)
Poitiers, battle of, 19 September 1356
Pombal, combat of, 11 March 1811
Pondicherry, siege of, 6 December 1760-15 January 1761 (India)
Ponte Nova, Soult's passage of the, 15/16 May 1809
Pozières Ridge, battle of, 23 July-3 September 1916
Pyramids, battle of the, 21st July 1798 (Egypt)
Quebec, siege of, 25 June-18 September 1759
Quiberon Bay, battle of, 20 November 1759 (France)
Quimperle, battle of, June 1342 (France)
Ramillies, battle of, 23 May 1706
Redinha, combat of, 12 March 1811
Rio Mayor, skirmish of, 19 January 1811
Rolica, battle of, 17 August 1808
Ronquillo, combat of, 25-26 March 1810
Rosas, siege, 6 November- 5 December 1808
Rossbach, battle of, 5 November 1757 (Germany)
Royal Marine, Operation: Mining the Rhine, May 1940
Rutter, Operation, The Planned Attack on Dieppe, 7 July 1942
Sabugal, combat of, 3 April 1811
Saguntum, battle of, 25 October 1811
Saguntum, siege of, 23 September-26 October 1811
Sahagun, battle of, 21 December 1808
St. Jacob, battle of, 26 May 1444 (Switzerland)
St. Mihiel, battle of, 12-13 September 1918
St. Nazaire, Raid on, (Operation Chariot), Part One
St. Nazaire, Raid on, (Operation Chariot), Part Two (28 March 1942)
Salamonde, combat of, 17 May 1809
Sambre, battle of the, 21-23 August 1914
San Sebastian, French capture of, 5 March 1808
Santiago, combat of, 23 May 1809
Saragossa, first siege of, 15 June-13 August 1808
Saragossa, second siege, 20 December 1808-20 February 1809
Schellenberg, Battle of the, 2 July 1704
Segorbe, combat of, 30 September 1811
Selle, battle of the, 17-25 October 1918
Sluys, battle of, 24 July 1340
Sobral, first combat of, 12 October 1810
Sobral, second combat of, 14 October 1810
Somme, battle of the, June-November 1916
Somme, second battle of the, 21 March-4 April 1918
Somosierra Pass, battle of, 30 November 1808
Taillebourg, battle of, 8 April 1351 (France)
Talavera, battle of, 27-28 July 1809
Talavera, the armies at, 27-28 July 1809
Tamames, battle of, 18 October 1809
Tarifa, siege of, of 20 December 1811-5 January 1812
Tarragona, siege of, 3 May 1811-28 June 1811
Thiepval Ridge, battle of, 26-30 September 1916
Ticonderoga, defence of, 6-7 July 1758 (America)
Tinchebrai, battle of, 28 September 1106
Trafalgar, battle of, 21 October 1805
Trafalgar, campaign of, 1805
Transloy Ridges, battle of the, 1-20 October 1916
Tremendal, combat of, 23-24 November 1809
Torrijos, combat of, 26 July 1809
Tortosa, siege of, 16 December 1810-2 January 1811
Toulon, naval battle of, 11 February 1744 (France)
Tudela, action of, 8 June 1808
Tudela, battle of, 23 November 1808
Ucles, battle of, 13 January 1809
Ulm, battle of, 20 October 1805
Usagre, combat of, 25 May 1811
Valencia, first battle of, 26-28 June 1808
Valencia, siege of, 25 December 1811-9 January 1812
Valls, battle of, 25 Feb 1809
Valmeceda, skirmish at, 8 November 1808
Valverde, combat of, 19 February 1810
Vardar, battle of the, 15-29 September 1918
Vellinghausen, battle of, 15-16 July 1761
Verdun, battle of, 21 February- 18 December 1916
Verneuil, battle of, 17 August 1424
Vich, battle of, 20 February 1810
Villafranca, combat of, 30 March 1810
Villagarcia, battle of, 11 August 1810
Villers-Bretonneux, first battle of, 30 March-5 April 1918
Villers-Bretonneux, second battle of, 24-27 April 1918
Vimiero, battle of, 21 August 1808
Vimy Ridge, battle of, 9-13 April 1917
Vittoria, battle of, 21st June 1813
Wandiwash, battle of, 22 January 1760 (India)
Warburg, battle of, 31 July 1760
Waterloo, battle of, 18 June 1815
Wilhelmsthal, battle of, 24 June 1762
Ypres, First Battle of, 19 October-22 November 1914
Ypres, Second Battle of, 22 April-25 May 1915
Yser, battle of the, 18 October-30 November 1914
Zalamea, combat of, 15 April 1810
Zornoza, battle of, 31 October 1808

Biographies

Beauharnais, Eugéne de, 1781-1824
Bernadotte, Jean Baptiste-Jules (1763-1844)
Berthier, Louis-Alexandre (1753-1815)
Boucicaut, Jean le Meingre, Marshal of France, c.1366-1421
Bullard, Eugene Jacques, 1894-1961
Castelnau, Édouard de, 1851-1944, French General
Dubail, Auguste, 1851-1934, French General
du Guesclin, Bertrand, constable of France
Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929
Francis I (1708-65), duke of Lorraine (1729-37), Holy Roman Emperor (1745-1765)
Gallieni, Joseph, 1849-1916
Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Laurent Marquis de (1764-1830)
Joffre, Joseph, 1852-1931
Jourdan, Jean-Baptiste Comte, Marshal of France, 1762-1833
Junot, Andoche, duc d’Abrantès, 1771-1813
Langle de Cary, Fernande de, 1867-1927
Lasalle, Antoine , 1775-1809
Lefebvre, Francois Joseph, duke of Danzig, 1755-1820
Lefebvre-Desnouettes, Charles, 1755-1820
Maistre, Paul, 1858-1922, French General
Mangin, Charles, 1866-1925, French General
Marshals of France, Napoleon's
Massena, Andre, Duc de Rivoli, Prince d'Essling (1758-1817)
Montcalm, Louis-Joseph, French general in French and Indian War (1712-1759)
Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769-1821)
Nivelle, Robert Georges, (1856-1924), French General
Noailles, Adrien Maurice, duc de (1678-1766)
Oudinot, Nicolas Charles, Duc De Reggio 1769-1851.
Poniatowski, Prince Josef Anton (1763-1813)
Saxe, Herman Maurice, Comte de (1696-1750)
Soult, Marshal Nicholas Jean de Dieu, duc de Dalmatie, 1769-1851

Weapons, Armies & Units

AMX-30 Main Battle Tank (France)
Armour, Napoleonic
Bloch MB-150
Bloch MB-151
Bloch MB-152
Bloch MB-153
Bloch MB-154
Bloch MB-155
Bloch MB-156
Bloch MB-157
Carbine, Napoleonic
Char B1-B1 bis. Tank (1929-1942)
Cuirassier, Napoleonic
Dassault-Breguet Super Etendard.
Dewoitine D.520
Dewoitine D.521
Dewoitine D.522
Dewoitine D.523
Dewoitine D.524
Dewoitine SE.520Z
Dewoitine D.551
Horizon Common New Generation Frigate
Leclerc Main Battle Tank (France)
Morane Saulnier M.S. 405
Morane Saulnier M.S. 406
Morane Saulnier M.S. 410
NFR90 Frigate
Renault FT-17 Light Tank (France)
Spad VII and XIII
Super Etendard.(Dassault-Breguet)

Concepts

Calendar, French Republican
Continental System
Demi-Brigade, French army unit (from 1792)
Schlieffen Plan (1905)

VRML Maps

Trafalgar, battle of, VRML map of